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Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Season 9 Photos

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Season 9 of the veteran crime drama witnesses several major cast changes: Vincent D'Onofrio (Goren), Kathryn Erbe (Eames) and Eric Bogosian (Ross) depart early on; Saffron Burrows joins as Det. Serena Stevens, the new partner of holdover Det. Zack Nichols (Jeff Goldblum); and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio signs on as Capt. Zoe Callas, the new Major Case Squad chief. What doesn't change, however, are the complicated cases themselves. Among them: the shooting death of a police officer; the death of a ballerina; the murder of an escort; a magazine publisher's death; and a possible copycat killing. Guest stars include F. Murray Abraham, Lorraine Bracco, Dan Lauria, Ralph Macchio, William Mapother and Tracy Pollan.

The character seemed suited to Goldblum's hip-giraffe physicality and smokey-voiced wryness. Last night, none of that backstory hovered over a grim, humorless Nichols... I fret about Law & Order: Criminal Intent.